HEAR THE MOUNTAINS

The Blue Ridge Music Center is where harmony & heritage unite.

Welcome to the Blue Ridge Music Center

Visitor Center Hours

The Blue Ridge Music Center is closed for the 2024 season, and will reopen in May 2025. Midday Mountain Music will resume when the Music Center reopens.

The 2025 Deep, Roots Many Voices concert series schedule and lineup will be announced early March.

We’re thrilled to announce eight of the performers in our 2025 Deep Roots, Many Voices summer concert series! Returning to the Music Center are Del McCoury Band, Steep Canyon Rangers, Amythyst Kiah, and Shadowgrass. Melissa Carpe, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Wonder Women of Country, and Wyatt Ellis are making their debuts on our amphitheater stage. Season passes and tickets are on sale now. More lineup announcements are on the way. Stay tuned!

May 24: Amythyst Kiah

May 31: Melissa Carper

June 7: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

June 14: Shadowgrass

June 28: Wyatt Ellis

July 5: An Evening with the Steep Canyon Rangers

July 19: Wonder Women of Country

August 30: Del McCoury Band

Summer Concert SEries

Vote for the Music Center in USA Today’s 10Best  Free Museum Poll

The Blue Ridge Music Center is competing for Best Free Museum in USA Today’s 10Best readers’ choice poll open through Feb. 10. The public is invited to vote for their favorite music museums, with the top 10 winners claiming a spot on the list. To vote, visit BlueRidgeMusicCenter.org. Individuals can vote once per day, per device.

Matching Opportunity

Gifts to make transformative improvements at the Blue Ridge Music Center will be doubled by a $170,000 grant from the National Park Foundation, doubling your gift dollars! Your gift will repair masonry seating and retaining walls, sidewalks and curbs to improve safety and extend the operational life of this infrastructure, provide audio equipment  on the breezeway and in front of the Visitor Center and Luthier Shop, expand public Wi-Fi at the museum and visitor center, and more.

2025 Season Passes

Season passes are available for purchase now – Full Season (all 14 concerts), Half Season (7 concerts), and Pick 3 (3 concerts) – and will be mailed in March. Passes make great holiday gifts!

Vote for the Music Center Museum!

The Blue Ridge Music Center is competing for Best Free Museum in USA Today’s 10Best readers’ choice poll open through Feb. 10. Help us claim one of the of the top 10 spots. You can vote once per day, per device.

Sample Virginia Parkway License plate featuring a sunset on the Parkway

Get the Plate!

You can support the Blue Ridge Parkway to protect the national park in your backyard with a license plate in Virginia or North Carolina. And motorcycle plates are now available in Virginia! Visit GetThePlate.org for more information.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Blue Ridge Music Center

THE HOME OF MOUNTAIN MELODIES

The sounds of the fiddle, banjo, and guitar welcome you when you visit. We invite you to clap along to bluegrass, old-time, blues, and Americana concerts in our scenic amphitheater, learn about the region’s musical heritage at the Roots of American Music Museum, sit a spell on the breezeway while you enjoy live music everyday during our Midday Mountain Music sessions, and go for a walk on one of our hiking trails.

While the Music Center is open May through October, the music continues year-round with our On the Road series, when we partner with regional venues to host off-site performances, exhibits, conferences, and additional events.

“A perfectly set stage among the mountains! Beautiful scenery! Amazing music! Loved the museum…and the staff is friendly & very helpful.”

THANK YOU TO OUR 2023 SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS

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